A child whose mom or dad has bipolar disorder is more likely to have episodes that could point to a bipolar diagnosis in the future, and pediatricians should be alert to those signs, according to the lead author of a new study. The research compared 391 Pennsylvania children with a bipolar parent to 248 children without a parent with diagnosed bipolar disorder. The study was published today in the American Journal of Psychiatry.

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Kelsey Mitchell lit up the Big Ten postseason awards show yesterday in the same way that she has scoreboards during her freshman season with Ohio State. Mitchell shared the conference player of the year award with Minnesota’s Amanda Zahui B. and was a unanimous choice as freshman of the year in both the coaches’ and media polls.